ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini vs Springbase

Three subscriptions to get three labs. Or one.

ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are all excellent, and all single-vendor. Matching the model coverage means paying for all three — and none of them will let you hand one conversation to another lab. Here is every row, including the ones they win.

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All three together
$59.99/mo
ChatGPT Plus + Claude Pro + Google AI Pro
Their pricing page
Springbase Starter
$9.99/mo
43 models · unlimited meetings
Springbase Pro
$19.99/mo
All 61 models, frontier included

Why one subscription beats three

Each of the three is the best at something. None of them is all of them.

All three labs, one thread

Claude Opus 5, GPT-5.6 Sol and Gemini 3.1 Pro on the same plan, switchable inside a single conversation without losing the context you have built up.

None of them captures your meetings

ChatGPT has a record mode; neither Claude nor Gemini records at all, and none of them turns months of calls into searchable context. That work happens on a fourth bill today.

None of them makes music

Not one of the three generates music at any tier. Springbase does, from the same balance as everything else.

Inside Springbase

What the three have in common

1

One lab each

OpenAI ships OpenAI's models, Anthropic ships Anthropic's, Google ships Google's. That is not a criticism — it is the shape of the product. It just means model choice is a purchasing decision rather than a per-question one.

2

The meeting is somebody else's problem

Record the call, get the decisions, then ask questions across every call from the last six months. This is the gap all three share, and it is the one that costs you a separate subscription.

3

Answers, not finished work

Hand Agent Mode a goal and it researches, drafts and produces across 1,000+ connected apps, pausing for approval before anything is sent.

Side by side

ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini vs Springbase

Every competitor cell is taken from that vendor's own published pages and links to the source. Rows where they beat us are marked as such — this is more useful to you than a clean sweep would be.

GPT models

Plus
Included
Pro
Not available
Google AI Pro
Not available
Pro
Included

Claude models

Plus
Not available
Pro
Included
Google AI Pro
Not available
Pro
Included

Gemini models

Plus
Not available
Pro
Not available
Google AI Pro
Included
Pro
Included

All three labs on one plan

Plus
Not available
Pro
Not available
Google AI Pro
Not available
Pro
Included

Switch model inside one conversation

Plus
Not available
Pro
Not available
Google AI Pro
Not available
Pro
Included

Web search

Plus
Included
Pro
Included
Google AI Pro
Included
Pro
Included

Deep research with citations

Plus
Included
Pro
IncludedResearch
Google AI Pro
IncludedDeep Research
Pro
Included

Voice conversations

Plus
Included
Pro
IncludedVoice mode
Google AI Pro
IncludedGemini Live
Pro
Included

Knowledge bases over your own documents

Plus
IncludedProjects
Pro
IncludedProjects
Google AI Pro
LimitedGemini Notebook
Pro
Included

Records and transcribes meetings

Plus
LimitedRecord mode
Pro
Not available
Google AI Pro
Not available
Pro
Included

Meetings as grounded context for any AI work

Plus
Not available
Pro
Not available
Google AI Pro
Not available
Pro
Included

Image generation

Plus
Included
Pro
Not available
Google AI Pro
Included
Pro
Included

Video generation

Plus
Not available
Pro
Not available
Google AI Pro
LimitedVeo 3.1 Lite, limited
Pro
LimitedMax plan

Music generation

Plus
Not available
Pro
Not available
Google AI Pro
Not available
Pro
Included

Scheduled, recurring automations

Plus
IncludedScheduled tasks
Pro
Not available
Google AI Pro
Not available
Pro
Included

Agents that act across your other tools

Plus
LimitedWorkspace agents
Pro
LimitedConnectors
Google AI Pro
Not available
Pro
Included1,000+ integrations

Hand it a goal and it does the work

Plus
Not available
Pro
Not available
Google AI Pro
Not available
Pro
IncludedAgent Mode

Ships finished documents, dashboards, and apps

Plus
LimitedCanvas, Projects
Pro
LimitedFiles with code execution
Google AI Pro
LimitedCanvas
Pro
IncludedCanvas

Cloud storage bundled in

Plus
Not available
Pro
Not available
Google AI Pro
Included5 TB of Drive
Pro
Limited25 GB

Billed per seat

Plus
Not availablePer person
Pro
Not availablePer person
Google AI Pro
Not availablePer person
Pro
IncludedOne flat price
IncludedLimitedNot availableCompetitor figures verified August 24, 2026 from published pricing.
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The real comparison

What all three cost together

Buying the model coverage means buying all three subscriptions. Per person, per month, at list price:

ChatGPT Plussource
GPT models
$20.00
Claude Prosource
Claude models
$20.00
Google AI Prosource
Gemini models
$19.99
Per person, per month
$59.99
Or one subscription
$9.99

Springbase Starter does all three jobs — meetings, the AI you ask, and agents that move work between apps. Pro at $19.99 adds every frontier model and still comes in under a single ChatGPT Plus seat.

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Trying all three against one

1

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2

Ask your hardest question of Claude, then hand the same thread to GPT and Gemini and compare.

3

Connect your calendar so the next meeting is captured and searchable.

4

Give Agent Mode a goal you would normally have broken into steps yourself.

Three honest gaps. ChatGPT's Codex and Claude Code are purpose-built coding agents with no counterpart here. Google AI Pro bundles 5 TB of Drive and puts Gemini inside Gmail, Docs and Sheets. And Springbase has no live transcription as people speak.

Questions people actually ask

Which of the three is best?

It depends on the question, which is the point. Claude tends to win on careful long-form reasoning, GPT on breadth and coding, Gemini on live-web answers and anything inside Google Workspace. Having all three means you stop having to pick in advance.

Do I get the flagship models, or the cheap ones?

The flagships, on Pro at $19.99 — Claude Opus 5, GPT-5.6 Sol and Gemini 3.1 Pro. Starter at $9.99 carries 43 standard models, which includes Claude Sonnet 5 and Gemini 3.5 Flash but not the flagships.

What do all three do that Springbase does not?

Two of them ship a purpose-built coding agent — Codex and Claude Code — and we have no equivalent. Gemini bundles 5 TB of Drive and native Gmail and Docs integration. Those are real, and they are why some people should keep one of these subscriptions.

Is this cheaper than paying for all three?

Yes. All three at list price is $59.99 a month per person. Springbase Pro is $19.99 flat, and it is never billed per seat, so the gap widens with every colleague you add.

Stop choosing a lab in advance.

Start free and put the same question to Claude, GPT and Gemini in one thread. The comparison takes about two minutes.

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